Economists See Little Magic in Tax Cuts to Promote Growth

By PATRICIA COHEN and NELSON D. SCHWARTZ May 23, 2017 If one assumption has undergirded Republican economic policy for decades — and is the foundation of the Trump administration’s first budget proposal — it is that tax cuts...

Michael Flynn Misled Pentagon About His Russia Ties, Letter Says

By MARK MAZZETTI and MATTHEW ROSENBERG May 22, 2017 WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, misled Pentagon investigators about his income from companies in Russia and contacts with officials...

White House Moves to Block Ethics Inquiry Into Ex-Lobbyists on Payroll

By ERIC LIPTON May 22, 2017 The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government’s top ethics watchdog, has moved to block an effort to disclose the names of former lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in...

59,000 Haitians Displaced by Earthquake Get Extra 6 Months in U.S.

By LIZETTE ALVAREZ May 22, 2017 MIAMI — More than seven years after an earthquake shattered Haiti’s capital, the secretary of Homeland Security, John F. Kelly, announced Monday that he would grant 58,700 Haitians another six months to live and...

What Scandal? In Montana Race, a Republican Is All Aboard the Trump Train

By JULIE TURKEWITZ May 22, 2017 BILLINGS, Mont. — A multimillionaire with an East Coast education stepped off a campaign jet here recently and took jabs at reporters, pledged to “drain the swamp” and drowned his opponent in insults and...

Republicans Watch Their Step in a Slow Retreat From Trump

Senator Marco Rubio and other lawmakers inched away from the president over his actions surrounding Russia inquiries, but they did not explicitly criticize him.